Headlines from around the Web for MARCH 3 - 9, 2010
Compiled by Melanie Bender
Google launches tool for searching public data
Google is building on its partnership with the World Bank and other statistics gatherers to present an array of data in visual form within Google Labs.
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Pentagon-backed venture aims for 'Google Underground'
The Department of Defense already has omnipresent eyes in the sky, underwater and, of course, on the ground. It's only when you start going underground that the surveillance powers of the Pentagon begin to wane -- at least until now.
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Israeli soldier's Facebook faux pas a lesson for U.S. Military
This type of thing was bound to happen. A leak of sensitive military information on Facebook shows good reason -- but also holds good lessons -- for a cautious approach to soldiers' use of social media. According to reports, the Israeli military was forced to call off a raid on militants in a Palestinian village -- fearing for the safety of its soldiers -- after a soldier posted details of the raid's timing and location on Facebook.
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FBI director warns of 'rapidly expanding' cyberterrorism threat
FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III warned Thursday that the cyberterrorism threat is "real and . . . rapidly expanding."
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Microsoft's tax-for-hacks 'horrible' idea, say security experts
Microsoft's idea that the fight against malware could be funded by an Internet tax is "horrible," an analyst said Thursday as other experts weighed in on a recent comment by the company's security chief.
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Feds, cybersecurity, cloud security take center stage at RSA 2010
The speaker lineup at this year's annual RSA Security Conference and Expo, underway this week in San Francisco, is packing some serious federal heat. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt and FBI chief Robert Mueller will all be taking the keynote stage.
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White House cybersecurity plan revealed
White House Internet security adviser Howard A. Schmidt on Tuesday announced the availability of an unclassified version of the Obama administration's Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, the nation's plan to secure public and private sector computer networks.
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